{"id":173,"date":"2017-11-26T16:55:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T21:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2025-03-22T10:36:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T14:36:49","slug":"about-tomi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/?page_id=173","title":{"rendered":"About TOMI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I &#8216;m from Yokohama Japan. I moved to Hoosick Falls, NY in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>I started weaving on February 2014.\u00a0The hand woven sachet that my friend gave me inspired me, I thought \u201cI can make my own design items\u201c. This was the start.<\/p>\n<p>My first loom is \u201cSakiori\u201d made by<a href=\"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/?page_id=2060\"> Clover<\/a> in Japan. It was a good start. It is designed to use easily and compact. I soon realized I needed a different loom.<br \/>I got an another loom <a href=\"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/?page_id=2062\">Louet Spring<\/a>\u00a0mede in Holland in November 2015. It is a perfect loom for me. I am enjoying weaving and making small items.<\/p>\n<p>I am a member of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmwg.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hudson-Mohawk Weavers&#8217; Guild<\/a> since May 2015 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyartisansmarket.com\/\">Valley Artisans Market<\/a> since October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2016, I have participated in the HMWG Show and Sale in NY and the Apple Squeeze Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts. Also I was in LARAC Summer Craft Festival several times, Blueberry Festival in Old Austerlitz NY, Stockbridge Summer Art &amp; Crafts Show in Stockbridge MA.<br \/>I am looking forward to seeing you.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-190\" src=\"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/crafts\/images\/2017\/11\/IMG_4776-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/crafts\/images\/2017\/11\/IMG_4776-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tomi88.com\/crafts\/images\/2017\/11\/IMG_4776-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tomi88.com\/crafts\/images\/2017\/11\/IMG_4776-1.jpg 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">TOMI<\/span><\/strong> BENTLEY<br \/>518-248-3240<br \/>web@holiday.tomi88.com<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/store\/tomi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Online Shop <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Contact<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-contact-form-7-contact-form-selector\">\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f818-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"818\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F173#wpcf7-f818-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<fieldset class=\"hidden-fields-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"818\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"6.1.1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_US\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f818-o1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_recaptcha_response\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><label> Your Name (required*)<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-name\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label> Your Email (required*)<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-email\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"your-email\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label> Subject<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-subject\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-subject\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label> Your Message<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-message\"><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"10\" maxlength=\"2000\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-textarea\" aria-invalid=\"false\" name=\"your-message\"><\/textarea><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit has-spinner\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\" \/>\n<\/p><p style=\"display: none !important;\" class=\"akismet-fields-container\" data-prefix=\"_wpcf7_ak_\"><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"_wpcf7_ak_hp_textarea\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"100\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"_wpcf7_ak_js\" value=\"35\"\/><script>document.getElementById( \"ak_js_1\" ).setAttribute( \"value\", ( new Date() ).getTime() );<\/script><\/p><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I &#8216;m from Yokohama Japan. I moved to Hoosick Falls, NY in 2010. I started weaving on February 2014.\u00a0The hand woven sachet that my friend gave me inspired me, I thought \u201cI can make my own design items\u201c. This was the start. My first loom is \u201cSakiori\u201d made by Clover in Japan. It was a good start. It is designed to use easily and compact. I soon realized I needed a different loom.I got an another loom Louet Spring\u00a0mede in Holland in November 2015. It is a perfect loom for me. I am enjoying weaving and making small items. I am a member of the\u00a0Hudson-Mohawk Weavers&#8217; Guild since May 2015 <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/?page_id=173\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-173","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10738,"href":"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions\/10738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomi88.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}